Workshops and inductions open on Thursday!
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Welcome to our March enews! Get ready for fresh workshops and inductions; join Made Today, a new meetup series, talking all things digital media and making, plus develop your skills with QMusic’s Industry Connect program.

Also, we’re moving to a bi-monthly e-news, so stay tuned to get it while it’s hot!

New Workshops

New workshops and inductions
slq The Edge | Price varies | Bookings required

Bookings for our series of workshops and inductions go live later this week on the new State Library of Queensland website. Do you want to learn the software used for laser cutting, or keen to use the CNC router? Sign up to Corel Draw and VCarve to learn the ropes and set up your job before you get cutting.

We’ve got a bunch of your favourite workshops covering podcasting, vodcasting, coding and inductions into electronics, sewing machines, 3D printers, and much more!

Fab Lab

Made Today meetup
Every Wed from 5.30pm–7.30pm | slq The Edge, level 2 | Free | No bookings required

Do you want to connect with other designers, producers or developers? Join our new Made Today meetup!

We cover a different topic in digital media each week. It doesn’t matter if you’re a pro in your field, or a beginner – this is your chance to learn skills from each other on a range of digital projects. We give you access to our digital media lab and recording gear and you get to make cool things and meet new people!

What have you #madetoday?

Tinkering on the electronics bench, crafting your latest design on the laser cutter, or sewing an eco-fashion reusable bag? Share your work on Instagram and tag us using #madetoday or @slqedge. We’d love to see and share your work with the community!

Got something longer form, or want to share your process? We’re on Vimeo! Check out talented hiphop artist, Bashir, aka Benjib youngB, who took part in our Siganto Digital Learning Project in collaboration with Southbank TAFE. Also a shoutout to Leon, who used our new gimbal device for recording video with mobile.

Brisbane Hand Lettering meetup
Sun 28 Apr 2–4pm | slq The Edge, level 1 | Free | Bookings required

This fun and social meetup is a chance to get together to practise your calligraphy, brush lettering, fountain penmanship and illustrative lettering. You can bring an iPad to use Procreate and practise vectorising lettering on your laptop.

CNC

Get making! CNC ready for action!

The CNC router will be available for use again from 6 April during Fabrication Lab open hours. Just make a booking once you’ve completed an induction. If you’ve completed a sewing, electronics or laser induction, make sure you come back to test out your skills in the improved Fabrication Lab!

Qmusic

QMusic Industry Connect
4 & 18 Apr, 9 May, 6 & 20 Jun | slq The Edge, level 2 | Free | Bookings required

If you’re looking to build a sustainable career in the music industry, register for the QMusic Industry Connect professional development program.

Beginning in April, QMusic has partnered with us to provide new and emerging artists access to industry workers and resources to create a greater understanding of the music industry. Find out more via QMusic!